Improvement in brick and tile lifters



J. BRAIS LIN & J. A. woon BRICK AND TILE LIFTER.

' No.186,30'3 Patented J'an.*1 6 1877.

617 o 'J I l UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIGE.

JOHN BRAISLIN AND JAMES WOOD, OF OROSSWIGKS, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRICK AND TILE LIFTERS.

Specification formingp'art of Letters Patent No- 186,303, dated January16, 1877; application filed August 16, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN BRAISLIN and JAMES A. WOOD, of (Jrosswicks,Burlington county, New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements inBrick and Tile Lifter, of which the following is a specification:

The object of our invention is to construct a device for lifting thebricks or tiles, as they M pass from the delivery-die of the machine,without affecting their shape.

These objects we attain in the manner which We will now proceed todescribe, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which-Figure 1 is an inverted plan view of the litter, and Fig. 2 an enlargedvertical section of part of the same.

Bricks or tiles as they are delivered from the finishing-die of a brickor tile machine are generally-so soft that they cannot be directlyhandled without risk of being indented by the hand, or of falling andbeing broken. In order to overcome this difficulty our invention hasbeen designed.

In Figs. 1 and 2, F is a stem or handle similar tothat of a shovel, andhaving at the end a central bar, G, to arms (1, on which are pivotedblocks H, carrying side armsff, projecting on the blocks H, beingconnected by rods e to the long arm of a lever, J, hung to the handle F,and capable of being operated either by pressure upon a finger, g, or bypulling upon a rod, 2', attached at one end to the lever, and providedat the other end with a handle, j, a spring, k, tending to restore therod 7: to its normal position, when the handle j is released. Both means.of operating the lever may be employed at once, if desired.

Both the arms d and lever J are provided with a number of openings, m,the blocks H and handle F being provided with corresponding openings, sothat by shifting the pivoting-pin w from one set of openings toanother 1. A device for lifting and conveying bricks or-tiles, in whichare combined a central bar, G, and its handle F, and vibrating side armsf, as set forth.

2. The combination of the armsfand pivoted blocks H with the pivotedlever J.

3. The combination of the pivoted lever J and its finger g with the rod6, as set forth.

4. The combination of pivoting-pins m with the arms d, blocks H, leverJ, and handle F, each having a series of openings for the reception ofsaid pins, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our the presence of names to thisspecification in two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN BRAISLIN. [L. s.] JAMES A. WOOD. [L. s] Witnesses:

AMos E. MIDDLETON, REUBEN M. HARTMAN.

